In this interview, Anna VonTobel discusses her memories and experiences as a student, and later as a teacher, in the Lewistown public schools. She also mentions general history of Lewistown, including her father, Rudolph Von Tobel's, experiences as...

In this interview George Vogt discusses his coaching and teaching career in the Lewistown public schools. He also describes his early family's history, his grandfather Andrew William Vogt's immigration from Bavaria, working in the mines in...

In this article, Anna Zellick of Lewistown, herself a member of a Croatian family which had to adjust, sometimes painfully, to a strange new language and customs when they settled in the Lewistown area, not only relates how the ancient skills of...

Early in the 1900’s coal mining was a growing industry in the area surrounding Lewistown and especially in the Judith Mountains near the divide.
The Yugoslavians who migrated to Montana supplemented their incomes in the winter by mining coal. While...

Mrs. Morris’ recollections vividly describe the activities of the Women’s Club and life in rural Montana. Although she lived in Kolin, ten miles away from Danvers, the Danvers Women’s Club was an extremely important part of her life and many of...

The first interview with Raphy Stucky was done on July 15, 1985 with Anna Zellick. At a later time Anna Zellick did a second interview with Ralph Stucky and Richard Peck who both worked for the REA. These interviews were done at the request of the...

A 56-page booklet has writings by various authors: The Great Inland Empire by George Beasley; A Little Daughter of the West by Gertrude Maxwell; Early Days with Flockmasters by W.A. Hedges; Needed Legislation by Judge E. K. Cheadle; the Overland...

In this interview, Lewistown resident John Simonfy discusses his memories and experiences as a student in the Kendall and Lewistown Public Schools. He also describes growing up in Kendall, Montana, and Lewistown, including local residents, sports...

A review of the development of Montana’s inland empire. Perley M. Silloway came to Lewistown in the fall of 1898 as principal of the Fergus County Free High School until 1909. For a number of seasons he was an assistant in the summer session of the...

Rudolph von Tobel was a prominent lawyer in Montana and was a Republican candidate in 1900 for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana came to Lewistown, Montana in 1885. He was born at Auburn, N. Y. on February 13, 1865. While still a...

Faculty Junior High 1923-26; 1945-1961; Fergus High School 1944-45; In this interview, Gertrude "Trudy" Margretta Klein Saxtorph discusses her memories and experiences as a teacher in the Lewistown Public Schools. She also describes local...

Faculty and Superintendent of Schools, 1954-1972. In this interview, former school district Superintendent Frank Savage discusses the administration, construction, and maintenance of the Lewistown Public Schools. He stresses the unification...

Mrs. Tucek’s recollections describe life in a small rural Montana town and how social organizations like the church and the women’s club were important venues for seeing neighbors and learning new things. Particularly interesting are her stories...

In this interview Lewistown resident George L. Ruckman Sr. discusses his memories and experiences as a student in the Lewistown public schools, including the book burnings during World War I. He also mentions local residents and customs, and...

Rocky Point crossing, on the Missouri River, was just below the mouth of the creek named North Mountain by Lewis and Clark in 1805. This stream running south from the Little Rockies later became Little Rocky Mountain Creek and finally Rock Creek....

An interview with Roberta Pullen for the “Medicine, Health Care and Nursing in Montana” oral history project for the Montana Historical Society. During the interview Roberta Pullen will discuss her father, Dr. Fred Taylor, one of the first...

Professor Pepp, a farcical comedy with a college flavor—in three acts. Presented by the Denton High School, Paramount Theater, Wednesday, May 12, 1920. By permission of the author, Walter Ben Hare. Includes various advertisements from Denton,...

A 66-page booklet about the Fergus County Free High School. Includes a list of the Board of Trustees, Teachers 1904-05, history of the high school and 30 plates of photographs of the high school (people in the photographs are identified).

Fergus County, Montana; Lewistown, Montana; German textbooks; School arson;

A spontaneous demonstration erupted in March 1918, where hundreds of Lewistown residents burned German books and then almost lynched a suspected traitor. They shocked themselves into a return to subdued, legal means for handling sedition, but the...

An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lewistown, Montana, regulating traffic upon the public streets, avenues and highways of the City of Lewistown, Montana, and repealing ordinances numbers 402, 533,596, 604, 605, and 611 and all other...

Vol.1 Number 1, Lewistown, Montana. Paid for by local Business Advertisers and the High School Alumni.
Includes articles on the Fergus High School Alumni, local school events, literary articles, sports and geological collections. Also lists courses...

Includes articles on the Fergus High School Alumni, local school events, literary articles, sports and lists of other schools they exchanged booklets with. Published monthly in the school year 1907-1908 for $.05 per copy or $.50 per year.

Includes articles on the Fergus High School Alumni, local school events, literary articles, sports and lists of other schools they exchanged booklets with. Published monthly in the school year 1907-1908 for $.05 per copy or $.50 per year.

Includes articles on the Fergus High School alumni, local school events, literary articles, sports and lists of other schools they exchanged booklets with. Published monthly in the school year 1907-1908 for $.05 per copy or $.50 per year.

Includes articles on the Fergus High School Alumni, local school events, literary articles, sports and lists of other schools they exchanged booklets with. Published monthly in the school year 1907-1908 for $.05 per copy or $.50 per year.

Includes articles on the Fergus High School Alumni, local school events, literary articles, sports and lists of other schools they exchanged booklets with. Published monthly in the school year 1907-1908 for $.05 per copy or $.50 per year.

Includes articles on the Fergus High School Alumni, local school events, literary articles, sports and lists of other schools they exchanged booklets with. Published monthly in the school year 1907-1908 for $.05 per copy or $.50 per year.

A 26-page booklet of writings by various authors. Contents: Hypnotism, Selection, Are You a Reader?, The Pew vs. The Pulpit, Music, A Hobby Club, Poem, Paragraphs, A Regular Magazine, A Stag Event. Price one dime. This magazine was named The Sketch...

An alphabetical listing of the people of Fergus County who were naturalized citizens. It lists the date of naturalization and the country of origin. Original records are found in the Fergus County Courthouse.

A scrapbook of memorabilia done by Margaret Arganbright who attended Fergus County High School, Lewistown, Montana from 1929 until she graduated in 1933. The book has photos and lists of names of the graduating students. It also has photos and...

In this interview, Lewistown resident, George Mueller discusses his memories and experiences as a student in the Lewistown Public Schools. He also mentions local residents and the general history of Lewistown and Central Montana, including his...

The Lewistown Historic Resource Survey is a comprehensive inventory of a 41-block area of Lewistown, Montana. The purpose was to identify those buildings, sites or objects within the area that are important from a historic perspective, as well as...

The purpose of the interview with Mrs. Daisy Tuss Monkelin was to reveal and preserve the contributions of the early Jugoslav settlers, one of several ethnic groups that started to come to Central Montana just before the turn of the century. As the...

Gold was first found in Central Montana in Yogo creek in the early '70's to be followed later by discovery of placer gold in the Judith and North. Moccasin mountains. By this time lode mining had started generally over the state and prospectors...

An index of the divorces listed in the Mineral Argus and Fergus County Argus newspapers for the years 1883-1900. The Mineral Argus newspaper existed from 1883-1886 at Maiden, Montana and then became the Fergus County Argus in 1886 in Lewistown,...

An index of the births listed in the Mineral Argus and Fergus County Argus newspapers for the years 1883-1900. The Mineral Argus newspaper existed from 1883-1886 at Maiden, Montana and then became the Fergus County Argus in 1886 in Lewistown,...

An index of the marriages listed in the Mineral Argus and Fergus County Argus newspapers for the years 1883-1900. The Mineral Argus newspaper existed from 1883-1886 at Maiden, Montana and then became the Fergus County Argus in 1886 in Lewistown,...

An index of the divorces listed in the Mineral Argus and Fergus County Argus newspapers for the years 1883-1900. The Mineral Argus newspaper existed from 1883-1886 at Maiden, Montana and then became the Fergus County Argus in 1886 in Lewistown,...

Lewistown Superintendent, Ronald Mattson (Superintendent 1972-1985) discusses his work administering the Lewistown School District. He also describes his experiences as a fighter plane gunner in World War II. Ronald B. Mattson was born in North...